Marissa Hart is the Lead Author & Editor of ERPeople. ERPeople is a blog focused on all Enterprise Resource Planning business management platforms. ERP can be used by a company to collect, store, manage, and interpret data from many business activities, including: Product planning, cost, manufacturing or service delivery, marketing, and sales.

This is exciting! It’s been a while since I saw an infographic so neat and well explained about the ERP experience. It’s very informative for those who aren’t familiar with the ERP system and has some useful “insights” for those who want to join the success. However, it also has something in it for us…

It was a busy year for ERP experts, with more developments and challenges, and with more companies implementing ERP software and looking for a pain-free process. In this post, you can find the best insights, news and interview in the field, which I carefully collected, and will best help you prepare for the upcoming year.…

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) personnel is integral in helping your company thrive. As usual it starts at the top with a manager who should possess leadership qualities that will ensure the process goes off without any hitch. What are the skills which every ERP manager should have in order to succeed? This is a question…

* This article is part of a White Paper called “THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO ASSURING CLOUD ERP ADOPTION.” Software implementation and adoption is like a game of Chutes and Ladders. You climb ever higher slowly while mastering each process along the way. Then a software change or system migration comes along and “wheeeeeeeee” down the…

By 2016, the cloud service field is predicted to be worth about $98 billion, according to an infographic by Acumatica Blog that showcases several statistics demonstrating the rise of the cloud in the ERP market. While the United States and Western Europe make up the bulk of the Cloud IT market (44% and 25% respectively),…

This time, I found a special infographic for all the midsize businesses out there. Simply, it explains why and how ERP is perfect for improving and maximizing your ROI. It uses reliable and interesting statistics that shed light onto different ways and uses of implementing ERP. Some of these statistics will blow your mind, especially…

While usage is lower, customer satisfaction is much higher among users of SaaS/Cloud ERP systems than of users of on-premise ERP systems, according to this infographic by Plex Online. 22% of respondents use SaaS models, while 60% use traditional on-premise models. An overwhelming majority 98% of users of SaaS/Cloud ERP systems reported that they would…

This month’s top ERP articles cover a variety of topics. These articles range from tips and advice on how to implement ERP more effectively, to explorations of ERP companies and historical precedence. How to Implement ERP 20% Faster One of the mistakes that several businesses fall into is believing that ERP is too costly to…

Currently, ERP tools are very vital organizational systems used for integrating and facilitating error free transactions. The tools offer a degree of spreadsheets and database which have to be manually merged so as to generate ERP solutions. Types of ERP Tools The following are ERP tools and applications which are necessarily integrated in the ERP…